[BWF 배드민턴] ‘Exhilarating come-from-behind drama’ Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun win Thailand Open mixed doubles after a bloody battle : ZUM News

[스포티비뉴스=조영준 기자] Kim Won-ho (24, Samsung Life Insurance) and Jung Na-eun (23, Hwasun-gun Office) won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Dechapol Puavaranukro and Sapsiri Taeratanachai (above Thailand), backed by the one-sided support of the home crowd. Confederation Federation (BWF) Thailand Open Championship.

Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun won the BWF World Tour Super 500 Series Thailand Open mixed doubles final held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 4th with a 2-1 (11-21 21-19 22-20) victory over Puavaranukro-Taeratanachai Joe. .

Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun reached the top of the BWF World Tour for the first time since working together. They won their first international championship at the International Challenger in Osaka, Japan, one level below the 2019 World Tour.

Last year, she advanced to the BWF Australian Open final, but lost to Seo Seung-jae (26, Armed Forces Sports Corps) and Chae Yoo-jeong (28, Incheon International Airport) and finished runner-up. In March, she reached the final of the German Open. They challenged for the first top spot on the BWF World Tour, but lost to China’s Peng Yanche-Huangdongping group and had to settle for runner-up once again.

Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun, who reached the final of the Thailand Open, met Thailand’s Puavabaranukro-Taeratanachai.

Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, who lost the first set 11-21, showed their skills as their defense revived. Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, who won the concentration battle in the second set 19-18, took the set 21-19 and turned the match to the starting point.

In the last 3 sets, 13-13, Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun made a mistake and scored consecutively. Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun, who widened the score to 18-15, seemed to have a chance to win. However, Joe Puavaranukro-Taeratanachai did not back down easily and turned the tide of the battle 19-18.

Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun, who were in danger of giving up the game, showed their concentration and made a dramatic 20-20 deuce. In a situation where the light and dark of the match was at stake, Puavananukro made a fatal mistake. In 21-20, Kim Won-ho put in a smash that confirmed the championship and completed a dramatic come-from-behind drama.

Meanwhile, Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance, world No. 2), who played in the women’s singles final, won the championship by defeating Heo Bing-Zhao (China, world No. 5) 2-0 (21-10 21-18). did.

Ahn Se-young, who reached the finals in all international competitions she participated in this season, has achieved the achievement of winning four times.

Ahn Se-young won her first win of the season at the Indian Open in January. She subsequently reached the top at the Indonesia Masters, and in March, she lifted the championship cup at the most prestigious tournament, the Jeonyoung Open.

She became the first Korean women’s singles player to win the Jeonyeong Open in 27 years. She subsequently competed at the Asian Championships and the World Mixed Team Championships Sudirman Cup, but had to settle for silver medals in all.
Ahn Se-young took a breather after skipping the Malaysia Masters last week. He, who received the top seed at the Thailand Open, defeated another ‘nemesis’, He Bing-Zhao, and lifted the championship cup.

In last year’s German Open and Korea Masters semifinals, Ahn Se-young lost to Heo Bing-jao. However, she shook off the ‘nemesis’ jinx afterwards by winning three consecutive victories against her opponent.

Korean badminton swept the women’s singles and mixed doubles events in this tournament. Kim So-young (31, Incheon International Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (27, Jeonbuk Bank) Jo, who reached the women’s doubles final, also challenge to win.

Meanwhile, SPOTV, SPOTV ON, and SPOTV NOW, a sports OTT service, broadcast major matches of the Thailand Open via satellite. It will also be broadcast live on SPOTV ASIA (Spotv Asia). Sporty Asia is a channel broadcasting to 13 countries in Southeast Asia, and broadcasts tennis grand slam tournaments such as Wimbledon and US Open, men’s professional tennis ATP tour, motorcycle racing competition MotoGP (GP), WTT (World Table Tennis) table tennis competition, and BWF ( World Badminton Federation) Badminton competition, International Sports Climbing (IFSC), Sports Climbing World Cup, etc. are provided.